/* abc - The AspectBench Compiler
 * Copyright (C) 2007 Eric Bodden
 * Copyright (C) 2007 Reehan Shaikh
 *
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 */
package abc.ra.types;

import java.util.List;

import polyglot.ast.Formal;

/**
 * Type for a potentially relational aspect.
 *
 * @author Eric Bodden
 */
public interface RelAspectType extends abc.aspectj.types.AspectType {

	/**
	 * @return <code>true</code> if this aspect is relational
	 */
	public boolean relational();

	/**
	 * @param isRelational set this aspect to relatioal or not
	 */
	public void relational(boolean isRelational);
	
	/**
	 * @return the list of relational aspect formals
	 */
	public List<Formal> relationalAspectFormals();
	
	/**
	 * @param formals the list of relational aspect formals
	 */
	public void relationalAspectFormals(List<Formal> formals);

}